About the Authors

Christopher F. Bosio

bosioch@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Austin K. Viall

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Clayton O. Jarrett

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Donald Gardner

Affiliation Veterinary Pathology Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Michael P. Rood

Affiliation Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Baldwin Park, California

B. Joseph Hinnebusch

Affiliation Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFB COJ BJH. Performed the experiments: CFB AKV COJ DG MPR. Analyzed the data: CFB DG BJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DG MPR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: CFB BJH. Critiqued manuscript: AKV COJ DG MPR.